Improvement in bill-files



To all whom it may comern:

the papers in the holder.

PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAMI-I. Fora, or PORTLAND, MAIN-E.

IMPROVEMENT IN, BILL-FILES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,543, dated Septmber 1, 1874; application filed June 15, 1 874.

. Be it known that I, \VILLIAM HI Form, of Portland, in the county ofCumberland and State of Maine, have invented certain new andnsefullmprovements in Bill-Files; and I do hereby declare thatthefollowing is a full,

clear, aud exact description thereof,'-which will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains'to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompan yin g drawings and to the letters of refer ncemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 shows an end view in section of my invention. Letters Patent ofthe United States having already been granted me for an improvement vinbill and'paperfiles, the object of this presentinvention is to producean alphabetical arrangement of leaves to accompany the device securedunder said Letters Patent, for the better andnlore'conveniertt method offiling My invention embraces a novel arrangement of-the index-leaves anda device for holding them in the required position.

a shows'a back' piece; '1), the leaves forming the index, and c a wirepassing up through said leaves parallel with'the back piece a, andhaving its ends bent and passed throughsaid back piece,as shown in thedrawing; The leaves composing the index are thusheld securely inposition. These indexleaves are thusc'on StI'K'lCtGdZ-I first take asheet of paper 'and bend it so as to form a series of successive folds,each sheet, when thus folded, forming two of the index=1eaves, asillustrated in the drawing. d shows the folds. A suitable numtwowitnesses.

ber of these leaves are thus prepared, the

wire 0 passed through them and secured to the back piece a, asabove-described.

The object of having the successive folds atthe inner end of the sheetsforming the index-leaves is that the said leaves maybe allowed to riseevenly and accommodate themselvesto the number of papers placed betweenthem, and always have a flat and smooth surface.

I- do not claim a set of unfolded disconnected indexed sheets, forthatlias already been made the subject of Letters/Patent;

neither do I claim the folded sheet of itself.

It is evident that an elastic band or other suitable device may beappropriated or used in the place of the wire .0. The'back piece a maybecom-'eniently secured within the frame of the'paper-file.- hen theindex-leaves are filled with papers the back piece is taken out of theholder, removed from the wires, the said wires bent around the back of'theleaves, and

the said leaves containing the papers are ready to be placed away forfuture reference. \Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

The combination, in a bill and the back piece a, provided with the wires6,

upon which are held .the folded index-sheets.

I), each set or pair of said sheets havingthc series of successive foldsd, as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I clai n the foregoing as my own, I afiix my signaturein presence of WM. HENRYTOYE.

Witnesses FRANK H. JORDAN, CHARLES E. CLIFFORD.

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